I don't think we'll make the playoffs.... But it's fun to be a stones throw away halfway through the season..
It looks like about 37 wins will get you in.. I'm thinking we'll get about 32.
(538 has Trail Blazers being the 8th with 38 wins, Kings 9th with 34, Nuggets 10th with 33, We're tied 11th with Pelicans at 31)
I don't think there's some serious run by Phoenix, Dallas to pass us up.. Dallas is probably going to sell any of their depth off to help their chances in the draft, and to add picks if they can... Minnesota has a chance, but they'd have to close out with a really good record (they haven't shown that they can so far)
Pelicans have been missing Jrue, so they should finish ahead of us... But they are an Anthony Davis missing 2 weeks from being last in the conference. Not too much depth, so they have just as much chance as staying 11th, than they do finishing 15th with another injury to Jrue, or the annual Brow injury...
At some point, the Nuggets have to consider blowing this thing up.... Jokic looks great... But other than that, how many 30-35 win seasons can they endure.. It's a team that isn't going anywhere, and should consider trading some of their guys like Gallo or Chandler.
I think Blazers & Kings stay in front of us.. Especially if the Kings make any trades to bring in veteran talent.
The worst part is that 15-26, should really be 19-22...
2-14 in December consisted of
- December 3rd.... Blew the game in Memphis. Julius missed 3 FTs that would have tied it, and send it to OT.
- December 5th.... Utah, down by 14 in the 4th, got it to within 3 with 4:30 minutes left, and scored 2 points for the next 4 minutes.
-December 14th... Scored 33 in the 3rd versus Brooklyn... It was 97-94 Brooklyn with 6:30 left in the 4th... We ended up with 97 points.
-December 20th... Blow Huge lead in Charlotte.... We still were down 1 with 3 minutes left, only get 3 points to close the game
-December 21st... Blow huge lead in Miami
-December 27th.... Utah.. Shots didn't fall, and couldn't make any big ones when they counted.
- December 29th... Lost a game to the Mavs that we had no business losing.
I still think we close the season 17-28 (assuming health, and no surpring roster moves), and finish 10 or 11th in the conference.